Who Was Cain's Wife?
1) Direct Answer
Cain married his sister—one of the daughters of Adam and Eve.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says Adam “begat sons and daughters” (Genesis 5:4). Those daughters are not named, but they were there.
- Eve is called “the mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20). So every human—including Cain’s wife—came from Adam and Eve.
- Later God forbade close-kin marriages (Leviticus 18), but that law came after the early generations.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- In the beginning there was only one man and one woman. If Cain had a wife, she had to come from that same family.
- If his wife came from another people, then Eve would not be the mother of all living. That would contradict the Scripture.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, Cain didn’t find a different race; he took a sister. That’s how the human family multiplied at the start. The Bible keeps it simple.
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The faith that was once delivered to the saints
53-1129A §35
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Questions and Answers
59-0628E §102
QUESTION: Would you please explain your theory that Eve conceived Cain of the devil? I never said that; I said Eve conceived Cain of the serpent. In Genesis 4, once ... 1st verse, clearly states that Adam knew his wife Eve; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man from God." Absolutely! All life has to come from God. John Dillinger come from God. Adolf Hitler come from God. Every... George Whitfield come from God, and so did Bob Ingersol. Every person come from God. But what I said is this.....
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §44
This Mrs. DeArk, you all heard about her healing the other night, how God blessed her and everything. She was laying, dying. They came got me at two o'clock in the morning. And so, now, that's how I come... Her boy, George ... the boy was a medium; Ed, also. (They were in the store.) And I heard a discussion back there, where the first ... where Cain got his wife. Well, the one that had the floor seemed to be the best of the argument. He said, "I tell you where Cain got his wife." Said, "Cain went over and married...
Questions and Answers
62-0527 §27
But this fellow, where did that pure lying... Where did that sin come from? Where did this fellow, Cain, that murderer? And the Bible said that the devil is a murderer. Where did that lie come from? (The devil is the father of a lie; he's a liar and the father of a lie.) It had to come from some resource outside of God. So Cain was the evil one, and his father was Satan; and he brought forth this evil one. And then, 'course, Adam knew his wife, certainly. And maybe if you said like this. I might say, taking myself,...
God's power to transform
65-0911 §40
Now notice, when she conceived here---we begin at the fourth chapter first. And Adam knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten [She said now, "I have gotten."] a son from the Lord. 'Course it had to be, no matter if it was prostitute or anything, it had to come from God, see, because that's his seed. It's the law of his seed: it has to bring forth. Whether it's corrupted seed, perverted seed, or whatever it is, it's got to bring forth, anyhow. It's his command. And she again bare his...